Joan, People have been saying this for over 10 years, so don't hold your breath. It is not in the interests of the software manufacturers for them to do anything about it.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Joan Kemp Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter to Basic I downloaded & played with the synchronisation software for a few minutes, but it will only synchronise with a paid-for web service at the moment - and I'm not paying to experiment! What is needed is an updated version of the gedcom file transfer format which will handle extra information. I think that gedcom is open source (but stand to be corrected here) and no-one has had the impetus to update it. Joan On 17/10/2011 01:30, Chick Lewis wrote: > Amen to that !!! > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:20 PM, James Cook<[email protected]> wrote: >> I a hoping that if/when the day comes to move to another software that >> it will read native Legacy files. Also, a message was posted recently >> about Legacy sharing it's templates with a group working on making the >> transfer between systems manageable. Hopefully that will be in place >> by he time we need it. >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
